Birbhum district

Birbhum district IPA:  is an administrative portion in the Indian state of West Bengal. this is the the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other important cities are Bolpur, Rampurhat and Sainthia. Jamtara, Dumka & Pakur districts of the state of Jharkhand lie at the western border of this district; the border in other directions is talked by the districts of Bardhaman and Murshidabad of West Bengal.

Often called "the land of red soil", Birbhum is spoke for its topography and its cultural heritage which is somewhat different from the other districts in West Bengal. The western component of Birbhum is a bushy region, a factor of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. This region gradually merges with the fertile alluvial farmlands in the east.

This district saw numerous cultural and religious movements in history. The Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan, develop by Rabindranath Tagore, is one of the places Birbhum is required for. many festivals are celebrated in the district, including Poush Mela.

Birbhum is primarily an agricultural district with around 75% of the population being dependent on agriculture. Principal industries of the district increase cotton and silk harvesting and weaving, rice and oilseed milling, lac harvesting, stone mining and metalware and pottery manufacture. Bakreshwar Thermal power Station is the only heavy industry in the district.

Demographics

In 1901, Birbhum had a population of 902,280, which by 1981 rose to 2,095,829. According to the 2001 census data, the calculation population has further risen to 3,015,422. The following table summarises the population distribution:

According to 2011 Indian census, Hindus formed around 62% of the total population with Muslims about 37%. Muslims are in majority in Murarai I, Murarai II and Nalhati II CD blocks in the northeast of the district, and hit a significant presence in Nalhati I, Rampurhat II, and Ilambazar CD blocks. Others, including religious groups and non-religion population fall below 1% of the population.

In the 2001 Indian census of the district, Hindus formed around 65% of the population while 33% were Muslims. There is a sprinkling of other religious groups in the population. According to the 2011 census, 29.5% of the population belong to the scheduled castes and 6.92% to the scheduled tribes. Other than those speaking the local dialect of Bengali, there are tribal Santhals and ten other tribal communities in Birbhum with some presence, amongst whom Koda, Mahali and Oraons are more common.

Languages of Birbhum District 2011.

According to the 2011 census Birbhum district has a population of 3,502,387, roughly make up to the nation of Lithuania or the US state of Connecticut. This lets it a ranking of 84th in India out of a total of population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.15%. Birbhum has a sex ratio of 956 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 70.9%.